1 00:00:12,620 --> 00:00:14,965 JOHN KOONTZ: He told her that his vehicle 2 00:00:15,068 --> 00:00:17,586 had broken down, that he needed a ride back to his home. 3 00:00:22,758 --> 00:00:24,931 The house that they went to was actually 4 00:00:25,034 --> 00:00:27,137 outside of the city limits. 5 00:00:31,275 --> 00:00:32,379 It was kind of there on his own. 6 00:00:40,413 --> 00:00:42,517 He definitely didn't have the criminal background 7 00:00:42,620 --> 00:00:44,379 to indicate that he would escalate 8 00:00:44,482 --> 00:00:46,068 to this to what happened. 9 00:00:46,172 --> 00:00:48,793 [screaming] 10 00:01:17,068 --> 00:01:19,275 Storm Lake is a community of about 10,000. 11 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:22,310 It's in Northwest Iowa, probably an hour 12 00:01:22,413 --> 00:01:25,172 straight East of Sioux City. 13 00:01:25,275 --> 00:01:28,206 It's a fairly rural location. 14 00:01:28,310 --> 00:01:29,620 It's primarily a packing town. 15 00:01:29,724 --> 00:01:33,620 It's got a couple of packing plants, turkey and pork, which 16 00:01:33,724 --> 00:01:35,137 are kind of the main employers. 17 00:01:39,965 --> 00:01:42,137 TIM SPEERS: It's a nice little community. 18 00:01:42,241 --> 00:01:45,689 We have a lot of farmers in the area, hard working people 19 00:01:45,793 --> 00:01:47,551 that work hard for their money. 20 00:01:47,655 --> 00:01:49,413 And we've had a really good place for, 21 00:01:49,517 --> 00:01:50,862 so it's helped keep the crime down. 22 00:01:55,965 --> 00:01:57,896 JOHN KOONTZ: Homicide or a violent crime 23 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,275 is relatively rare. 24 00:02:02,103 --> 00:02:03,241 In the 10 years that I was there, 25 00:02:03,344 --> 00:02:05,448 I think there were one or two homicides. 26 00:02:05,551 --> 00:02:06,827 It just didn't happen very often. 27 00:02:08,724 --> 00:02:11,103 So I don't think anybody expected 28 00:02:11,206 --> 00:02:13,862 a violent crime like this. 29 00:02:13,965 --> 00:02:16,551 This was by far the worst scene that I've 30 00:02:16,655 --> 00:02:17,517 ever seen in my career. 31 00:02:29,655 --> 00:02:32,379 TIM SPEERS: I was born and raised in a Storm Lake. 32 00:02:34,965 --> 00:02:37,793 I got married in 1980. 33 00:02:37,896 --> 00:02:39,931 I was working full-time as a paramedic. 34 00:02:41,517 --> 00:02:44,482 We had two boys of our own, Jeff and Matt. 35 00:02:44,586 --> 00:02:47,965 And so we raised them, and when they left 36 00:02:48,068 --> 00:02:52,827 the house is when we kind of the empty nest deal or that-- 37 00:02:52,931 --> 00:02:55,689 so kind of thought about the foster care system 38 00:02:55,793 --> 00:02:57,275 and that's how we got into foster care. 39 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,103 We had a few foster kids, and then we got a call one time, 40 00:03:03,206 --> 00:03:04,896 you know, for a placement of a girl. 41 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:12,137 And we went to the office and we came in and we met Jessica. 42 00:03:14,275 --> 00:03:15,655 Jessica was born in Honduras. 43 00:03:17,172 --> 00:03:20,034 She had a really rough life her whole life. 44 00:03:23,103 --> 00:03:28,241 Jessica was 15 years old, and she was six months 45 00:03:28,344 --> 00:03:31,827 pregnant when we first met her. 46 00:03:31,931 --> 00:03:35,241 It was found that her pregnancy was a result 47 00:03:35,344 --> 00:03:37,413 of being raped by her stepdad. 48 00:03:37,517 --> 00:03:40,896 And so they arrested of the stepdad 49 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,137 and took her out of the custody and placed her with us. 50 00:03:46,448 --> 00:03:49,379 She never knew what trusting people were 51 00:03:49,482 --> 00:03:52,413 or people loving her or, you know, so that's 52 00:03:52,517 --> 00:03:53,275 what we wanted to give her. 53 00:03:56,724 --> 00:03:58,482 And then she had Victoria. 54 00:04:00,586 --> 00:04:03,206 And Jessica did a great job as a mother. 55 00:04:11,620 --> 00:04:14,413 [grunting] 56 00:04:19,793 --> 00:04:21,137 You're stuck. 57 00:04:21,241 --> 00:04:22,137 I've got you. 58 00:04:22,241 --> 00:04:23,689 What do you do? 59 00:04:23,793 --> 00:04:25,241 Use what I can find. 60 00:04:27,068 --> 00:04:27,931 Good. 61 00:04:28,034 --> 00:04:28,724 Very good. 62 00:04:32,724 --> 00:04:33,965 Always find something you can use. 63 00:04:35,724 --> 00:04:37,655 I'd had some training in self-defense, 64 00:04:37,758 --> 00:04:40,310 and so every time I come home she'd want to practice 65 00:04:40,413 --> 00:04:42,448 the moves and stuff like that. 66 00:04:42,551 --> 00:04:43,551 You're getting a lot better. 67 00:04:43,655 --> 00:04:45,034 Yeah, but you still pinned me on the ground. 68 00:04:45,137 --> 00:04:46,413 Oh, don't worry. 69 00:04:46,517 --> 00:04:47,862 That'll come. 70 00:04:47,965 --> 00:04:49,137 Thank you. 71 00:04:49,241 --> 00:04:51,103 TIM SPEERS: I always told her, you know, it's more-- 72 00:04:51,206 --> 00:04:52,413 it's not how strong you are. 73 00:04:52,517 --> 00:04:54,034 It's your mind. 74 00:04:54,137 --> 00:04:55,896 You've got to use your mind more than your strength. 75 00:04:57,344 --> 00:04:58,034 What? 76 00:04:59,620 --> 00:05:01,793 I heard back from Buena Vista. 77 00:05:01,896 --> 00:05:03,551 And? 78 00:05:03,655 --> 00:05:04,517 Yes. 79 00:05:04,620 --> 00:05:05,310 They said yes. 80 00:05:05,413 --> 00:05:06,137 Yeah. 81 00:05:06,241 --> 00:05:07,551 Oh, good. 82 00:05:07,655 --> 00:05:11,103 Then she got accepted at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. 83 00:05:11,206 --> 00:05:12,551 She wanted to be a social worker. 84 00:05:12,655 --> 00:05:14,931 She wanted to help other kids that been 85 00:05:15,034 --> 00:05:17,310 through the same situation that she's been in. 86 00:05:17,413 --> 00:05:20,482 And so their future was in front of her. 87 00:05:31,965 --> 00:05:35,344 She was about a mile and a half, two miles from where we lived. 88 00:05:35,448 --> 00:05:36,965 There wasn't a day that went by that we 89 00:05:37,068 --> 00:05:38,000 didn't call her or see her. 90 00:05:39,517 --> 00:05:40,862 She never slept. 91 00:05:40,965 --> 00:05:44,586 She was studying all the time and working as a janitor. 92 00:05:44,689 --> 00:05:47,896 And she was always busy trying to take care of Victoria. 93 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,965 She had her hands full for a long time, 94 00:05:50,068 --> 00:05:51,103 and things didn't come easy. 95 00:05:54,689 --> 00:05:57,551 [shuffling] 96 00:06:36,310 --> 00:06:40,517 Kirk entered Jessica's life by reaching 97 00:06:40,620 --> 00:06:42,448 out to her on social media. 98 00:06:44,758 --> 00:06:47,931 He reached out to her telling Jessica 99 00:06:48,034 --> 00:06:51,862 that he had met her at school outing at one time. 100 00:06:51,965 --> 00:06:54,448 So Jessica accepted and started talking to him. 101 00:06:56,689 --> 00:06:58,586 She didn't really know anything about them, 102 00:06:58,689 --> 00:07:02,103 and Jessica, you know, did what I told her to do, 103 00:07:02,206 --> 00:07:04,275 looked him up on Iowa courts. 104 00:07:04,379 --> 00:07:06,275 It turned up burglary-- car burglary. 105 00:07:11,344 --> 00:07:12,482 It was a red flag. 106 00:07:12,586 --> 00:07:13,379 I did not approve. 107 00:07:21,275 --> 00:07:23,172 But she's a real forgiving person. 108 00:07:23,275 --> 00:07:26,034 [baby crying] 109 00:07:28,620 --> 00:07:30,344 She thought he made some mistakes, 110 00:07:30,448 --> 00:07:33,310 but everybody needs another chance. 111 00:07:33,413 --> 00:07:34,793 So that's how things got going. 112 00:07:38,862 --> 00:07:40,206 I don't know, Jessica. 113 00:07:42,517 --> 00:07:43,827 I don't see anything up there. 114 00:07:45,793 --> 00:07:47,275 I'm just saying how can you know. 115 00:07:49,551 --> 00:07:54,413 Well, we don't know, but that's why they 116 00:07:54,517 --> 00:07:55,482 call the whole thing faith. 117 00:07:57,275 --> 00:07:59,000 But what do you believe. 118 00:08:02,310 --> 00:08:03,000 Maybe. 119 00:08:05,379 --> 00:08:08,103 Feel like it's easier for some people. 120 00:08:09,586 --> 00:08:12,137 Like, I'm trying. 121 00:08:13,896 --> 00:08:15,827 I really am. 122 00:08:15,931 --> 00:08:20,758 I'm trying really hard to put it all behind me and start over. 123 00:08:23,586 --> 00:08:24,275 It doesn't matter. 124 00:08:26,793 --> 00:08:27,862 Nobody wants me around. 125 00:08:29,206 --> 00:08:31,206 Nobody wants to hire me because of my record. 126 00:08:35,862 --> 00:08:37,344 So what am I supposed to do? 127 00:08:37,448 --> 00:08:38,310 They want me to fail. 128 00:08:41,034 --> 00:08:42,137 Who wants you to fail? 129 00:08:43,551 --> 00:08:46,000 Like, everyone. 130 00:08:51,896 --> 00:08:58,482 Kirk, you can do whatever you set your mind to. 131 00:09:01,896 --> 00:09:04,137 Nobody expected me to succeed either. 132 00:09:06,241 --> 00:09:08,137 I never thought that I would go to college, 133 00:09:08,241 --> 00:09:09,620 let alone graduate high school. 134 00:09:11,206 --> 00:09:14,137 But Tim and Susie showed me that there is another way. 135 00:09:14,241 --> 00:09:16,000 Yeah, I don't have Tim and sue to help me out. 136 00:09:23,931 --> 00:09:25,793 God, Kirk, it's OK. 137 00:09:27,862 --> 00:09:33,827 I broke into a house, stole some credit cards. 138 00:09:36,655 --> 00:09:38,482 Kirk, why would you do that? 139 00:09:41,586 --> 00:09:43,655 When did you do this? 140 00:09:43,758 --> 00:09:44,586 Today. 141 00:09:48,034 --> 00:09:49,517 I don't know. 142 00:09:49,620 --> 00:09:50,310 I don't even. 143 00:09:51,827 --> 00:09:53,689 I just did something stupid. 144 00:09:59,689 --> 00:10:01,448 Then you have to turn yourself in. 145 00:10:03,620 --> 00:10:05,620 It is the only way to move forward. 146 00:10:07,862 --> 00:10:09,655 You have to take responsibility. 147 00:10:29,689 --> 00:10:31,965 TIM SPEERS: Eventually Kirk ended up going to prison. 148 00:10:38,206 --> 00:10:43,482 Kirk was the person that Jessica wanted to make better, not 149 00:10:43,586 --> 00:10:47,689 a boyfriend, just simply somebody that she thought she 150 00:10:47,793 --> 00:10:48,965 could change for the better. 151 00:10:51,344 --> 00:10:52,931 JOHN KOONTZ: The thing that stands out 152 00:10:53,034 --> 00:10:56,655 in this case is that if she hadn't been 153 00:10:56,758 --> 00:11:01,793 willing to give him a second chance, none of this 154 00:11:01,896 --> 00:11:02,620 ever would have happened. 155 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,103 Running or trying to get away or scream for help, 156 00:11:07,206 --> 00:11:08,310 there's nowhere to go. 157 00:11:08,413 --> 00:11:09,482 There's nobody to hear you when you're out there. 158 00:11:46,655 --> 00:11:48,413 Two books and she's out. 159 00:11:51,137 --> 00:11:52,448 Didn't even get to the part where 160 00:11:52,551 --> 00:11:54,931 Harold draws the whole city. 161 00:11:55,034 --> 00:11:57,068 Well, that is her favorite book. 162 00:12:03,517 --> 00:12:04,586 What's this? 163 00:12:06,551 --> 00:12:07,931 Oh, that's nothing. 164 00:12:08,034 --> 00:12:08,724 It's Kirk. 165 00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:11,586 I told you about him. 166 00:12:12,965 --> 00:12:14,655 Prison Kirk? 167 00:12:14,758 --> 00:12:18,172 After he was sent to prison, Kirk started writing letters, 168 00:12:18,275 --> 00:12:20,586 and so they were writing letters back and forth. 169 00:12:20,689 --> 00:12:22,000 He's in jail, but-- 170 00:12:23,344 --> 00:12:24,793 but he's trying to change. 171 00:12:24,896 --> 00:12:28,310 So we're-- I'm helping him. 172 00:12:28,413 --> 00:12:30,689 Isn't there anyone in prison who can talk to? 173 00:12:32,620 --> 00:12:33,344 Yeah, I guess. 174 00:12:33,448 --> 00:12:34,551 I just-- 175 00:12:34,655 --> 00:12:37,724 Jessica, you are seriously the nicest person 176 00:12:37,827 --> 00:12:42,310 I know to a fault. 177 00:12:42,413 --> 00:12:46,137 I just feel like no one else will listen to him. 178 00:12:46,241 --> 00:12:48,172 You know, and I-- 179 00:12:48,275 --> 00:12:50,379 I know he feels very alone in this world. 180 00:12:51,862 --> 00:12:53,793 And I know what that's like. 181 00:12:53,896 --> 00:12:54,758 I get it. 182 00:12:54,862 --> 00:12:55,551 I do. 183 00:12:56,793 --> 00:12:59,172 But this doesn't lead anywhere good. 184 00:12:59,275 --> 00:12:59,965 He's in prison. 185 00:13:01,448 --> 00:13:03,172 JESSICA: I know. 186 00:13:03,275 --> 00:13:04,241 Think of Victoria. 187 00:13:10,172 --> 00:13:12,862 She was always a big believer in God, 188 00:13:12,965 --> 00:13:16,310 and she goes he's atheist and doesn't believe in God 189 00:13:16,413 --> 00:13:20,344 and I just want to kind of change 190 00:13:20,448 --> 00:13:22,965 his life that he can do better. 191 00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:26,137 We talked about a lot, and she was just adamant that, you 192 00:13:26,241 --> 00:13:27,034 know, everything's OK. 193 00:13:32,655 --> 00:13:35,310 Even though I disapproved of it, it went 194 00:13:35,413 --> 00:13:37,620 on for a little while anyhow. 195 00:13:37,724 --> 00:13:40,206 And then the letter just quit coming. 196 00:13:40,310 --> 00:13:42,482 When she said she wasn't getting any more letters, 197 00:13:42,586 --> 00:13:43,448 I just told her good. 198 00:14:02,206 --> 00:14:04,931 It was early in the morning, January 3rd, 199 00:14:05,034 --> 00:14:07,724 and she heard some rustling on the window. 200 00:14:09,586 --> 00:14:12,344 And she thought it was a tree branch hitting her window. 201 00:14:12,448 --> 00:14:15,275 [soft banging] 202 00:14:27,655 --> 00:14:29,034 Hey, it's-- 203 00:14:29,137 --> 00:14:29,827 Jessica. 204 00:14:31,896 --> 00:14:32,931 Kirk? 205 00:14:33,034 --> 00:14:36,620 Hey, Jess-- yeah, Jessica, I need some help. 206 00:14:36,724 --> 00:14:38,689 Kirk, what are you doing here? 207 00:14:38,793 --> 00:14:39,827 I need help. 208 00:14:39,931 --> 00:14:41,241 A car-- it's a car-- 209 00:14:41,344 --> 00:14:42,310 a car thing. 210 00:14:42,413 --> 00:14:43,896 Kirk, why didn't you knock at the door? 211 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,275 A spark plug. 212 00:14:47,034 --> 00:14:49,413 Come-- come outside a second. 213 00:14:49,517 --> 00:14:52,344 Just-- just hold on, OK. 214 00:14:52,448 --> 00:14:53,137 I'll come out. 215 00:14:54,724 --> 00:14:57,206 TIM SPEERS: Jessica was always willing to help anybody 216 00:14:57,310 --> 00:14:59,310 that needs help, so she said, yeah, 217 00:14:59,413 --> 00:15:00,689 I'll-- you know, I'll help you. 218 00:15:07,310 --> 00:15:09,206 KIRK: Hey. 219 00:15:09,310 --> 00:15:10,689 Jessica. 220 00:15:10,793 --> 00:15:13,137 Hey, Kirk. 221 00:15:13,241 --> 00:15:15,310 So when did you get out? 222 00:15:15,413 --> 00:15:16,379 Few days ago. 223 00:15:17,413 --> 00:15:18,103 Surprise. 224 00:15:20,068 --> 00:15:21,068 It's a surprise. 225 00:15:23,448 --> 00:15:24,344 Are you in trouble? 226 00:15:24,448 --> 00:15:26,137 No, I'm-- no, I'm good. 227 00:15:26,241 --> 00:15:29,241 I'm good now that I get to see you. 228 00:15:29,344 --> 00:15:30,034 I'm good. 229 00:15:31,413 --> 00:15:33,344 It's been a while, right. 230 00:15:33,448 --> 00:15:34,137 Long while. 231 00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:38,379 I think I-- 232 00:15:38,482 --> 00:15:44,379 I think I grew, you know, like as a person during that time. 233 00:15:46,448 --> 00:15:50,241 I think it was actually good for me like you said it would be. 234 00:15:50,344 --> 00:15:53,482 OK, good. 235 00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:54,275 That's good to hear. 236 00:15:56,827 --> 00:15:58,586 Did you get my last letter? 237 00:15:58,689 --> 00:15:59,413 No. 238 00:16:02,206 --> 00:16:07,206 Hey, my car-- I think my car is out of batteries or has a-- 239 00:16:07,310 --> 00:16:08,413 batteries are dead. 240 00:16:08,517 --> 00:16:10,517 I think it probably just needs a jump or something. 241 00:16:10,620 --> 00:16:12,586 You think you could help me out? 242 00:16:12,689 --> 00:16:15,655 Yeah, I thought you said something about sparkplugs. 243 00:16:18,551 --> 00:16:19,758 Yeah. 244 00:16:19,862 --> 00:16:20,724 You know me, Jessica. 245 00:16:20,827 --> 00:16:22,068 I don't know anything about cars. 246 00:16:23,689 --> 00:16:25,931 Probably the jump or the-- 247 00:16:26,034 --> 00:16:28,137 yeah, could be the plugs but either way it's broken. 248 00:16:33,965 --> 00:16:36,758 No, I'm-- I'd love to help, Kirk, but I have to go. 249 00:16:36,862 --> 00:16:38,896 I have to go to school. 250 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,586 All right, well, you at least take me to my mom's house 251 00:16:41,689 --> 00:16:42,655 and I can think of something out? 252 00:16:45,586 --> 00:16:47,931 Yeah, I can take you to your mom's, and then I 253 00:16:48,034 --> 00:16:51,241 can just take you back to your car after school if you want. 254 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:53,206 Thank you, Jessica. 255 00:16:53,310 --> 00:16:54,000 Thank you. 256 00:16:54,103 --> 00:16:54,793 You're the best. 257 00:16:56,137 --> 00:16:57,103 That really helps me out. 258 00:16:57,206 --> 00:16:58,413 It does. 259 00:16:58,517 --> 00:17:01,793 OK, I have to go tell my sister, and then we can go. 260 00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:04,620 TIM SPEERS: Genesis, her sister, was there that day 261 00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:06,827 and stayed overnight in the apartment with her. 262 00:17:06,931 --> 00:17:08,931 Genesis was still mostly asleep. 263 00:17:09,034 --> 00:17:13,000 And so Jessica told Genesis that she would be right back, 264 00:17:13,103 --> 00:17:14,862 and that's the only reason why she didn't take 265 00:17:14,965 --> 00:17:16,103 Victoria with her at the time. 266 00:17:32,172 --> 00:17:35,000 [phone ringing] 267 00:17:36,068 --> 00:17:37,586 It was early in the morning. 268 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:38,724 Hello. 269 00:17:38,827 --> 00:17:40,275 Well, the phone rang, and it was Jessica. 270 00:17:41,689 --> 00:17:43,931 And she was just hysterical. 271 00:17:44,034 --> 00:17:45,896 OK, Jessica, slow down. 272 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,206 What happened? 273 00:17:47,310 --> 00:17:49,551 She was hard to understand a little bit because she was 274 00:17:49,655 --> 00:17:51,931 crying, and, you know, scared. 275 00:17:52,034 --> 00:17:54,413 And she goes, dad, I've been kidnapped. 276 00:17:55,862 --> 00:17:56,724 All right. 277 00:17:56,827 --> 00:17:58,034 OK, now listen to me closely. 278 00:17:58,137 --> 00:17:59,689 I need you to hang up the phone. 279 00:17:59,793 --> 00:18:00,862 I need you to call 9-1-1. 280 00:18:02,172 --> 00:18:03,724 No you have to call 9--1. 281 00:18:03,827 --> 00:18:05,068 Just do it please, Jessica. 282 00:18:05,172 --> 00:18:07,000 You have-- Jessica. 283 00:18:07,103 --> 00:18:08,137 Hey, Jessica-- 284 00:18:08,241 --> 00:18:09,862 She was just-- couldn't do it for some reason. 285 00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:13,793 She just wanted to talk to me, but she gave me directions. 286 00:18:13,896 --> 00:18:15,586 She knew exactly where she was at. 287 00:18:15,689 --> 00:18:17,724 I knew most of dispatchers and stuff 288 00:18:17,827 --> 00:18:20,793 just from working as a paramedic. 289 00:18:20,896 --> 00:18:21,793 DISPATCHER: 9-1-1. 290 00:18:21,896 --> 00:18:22,551 What's your emergency? 291 00:18:22,655 --> 00:18:24,551 Hey, this is Tim Speers. 292 00:18:24,655 --> 00:18:27,034 Hey, I need Koontz and I need Todd 293 00:18:27,137 --> 00:18:30,862 to go to 1050 Jordan Avenue. 294 00:18:30,965 --> 00:18:34,310 1050 Jordan, got it? 295 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:39,344 And I called a friend of mine, Todd Erskin who 296 00:18:39,448 --> 00:18:42,482 was on the police department and told them 297 00:18:42,586 --> 00:18:44,413 and John Koontz that I'd, of course, 298 00:18:44,517 --> 00:18:45,724 started heading her way. 299 00:18:47,931 --> 00:18:50,275 JOHN KOONTZ: So that day, I was working a normal shift. 300 00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:53,103 So Tim contacted our dispatch center 301 00:18:53,206 --> 00:18:56,241 to say that Jessica, you know, had been abducted in Storm Lake 302 00:18:56,344 --> 00:19:00,724 and, you know, had gotten away in Sac County. 303 00:19:00,827 --> 00:19:03,344 So at this point, we didn't really know what had happened. 304 00:19:07,620 --> 00:19:09,655 A lot of times there's an escalation when you 305 00:19:09,758 --> 00:19:11,275 have an offense of this nature. 306 00:19:12,896 --> 00:19:15,068 He definitely didn't have the criminal background 307 00:19:15,172 --> 00:19:16,965 to indicate that he would escalate 308 00:19:17,068 --> 00:19:18,172 to this to what happened. 309 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:47,586 Jessica willingly drove Krk to his home 310 00:19:47,689 --> 00:19:48,758 just trying to help him out. 311 00:19:51,068 --> 00:19:55,034 The house that they went to was actually outside of the city 312 00:19:55,137 --> 00:19:58,034 limits of Early, kind of off the main roadway, 313 00:19:58,137 --> 00:20:00,137 pretty rural, pretty remote. 314 00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:01,379 It was kind of there on his own. 315 00:20:10,482 --> 00:20:14,103 He told her that his vehicle had broken down in Storm Lake 316 00:20:14,206 --> 00:20:17,241 and he needed a ride back to his home outside of Early. 317 00:20:19,034 --> 00:20:21,000 OK, I'll come back and get you after school. 318 00:20:21,103 --> 00:20:22,034 Come inside with me. 319 00:20:23,827 --> 00:20:25,137 No-- what? 320 00:20:25,241 --> 00:20:25,931 No. 321 00:20:26,034 --> 00:20:27,241 Let me show you something. 322 00:20:27,344 --> 00:20:28,413 No, Kirk. 323 00:20:28,517 --> 00:20:29,517 Seriously, I have to go. 324 00:20:29,620 --> 00:20:30,551 I have to go to school. I can't-- 325 00:20:30,655 --> 00:20:31,482 Come on, come on, Jessica. 326 00:20:31,586 --> 00:20:33,137 It just take a few minutes. 327 00:20:33,241 --> 00:20:34,793 I just want to show you something. 328 00:20:36,137 --> 00:20:38,172 Kirk, no, I can't. 329 00:20:38,275 --> 00:20:39,034 I can come back. 330 00:20:39,137 --> 00:20:42,413 What are-- what are you doing? 331 00:20:42,517 --> 00:20:43,517 Guess it's settled then. 332 00:20:45,310 --> 00:20:46,000 Come on. 333 00:20:53,310 --> 00:20:54,000 Come on. 334 00:20:59,551 --> 00:21:00,310 Come on, Jessica. 335 00:21:00,413 --> 00:21:01,931 What are we doing, Kirk? 336 00:21:02,034 --> 00:21:03,344 Let's go-- just-- just-- 337 00:21:03,448 --> 00:21:05,034 just a few minutes OK. 338 00:21:05,137 --> 00:21:06,000 You got to trust me. 339 00:21:06,103 --> 00:21:06,965 Kirk, I don't have a few minutes. 340 00:21:07,068 --> 00:21:07,931 You gotta trust me. Come on. 341 00:21:08,034 --> 00:21:08,724 Come on. 342 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,241 Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. 343 00:21:15,344 --> 00:21:16,620 I forgot to-- I-- 344 00:21:20,241 --> 00:21:21,551 So what are we doing, Kirk? 345 00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:23,103 Just sit down. 346 00:21:25,551 --> 00:21:27,344 No, what-- like, what are we doing? 347 00:21:27,448 --> 00:21:28,172 Just tell me. 348 00:21:28,275 --> 00:21:28,965 What are we doing? 349 00:21:32,241 --> 00:21:35,068 Just I'll show you in a second, Jessica. 350 00:21:35,172 --> 00:21:35,862 Just sit down. 351 00:21:50,931 --> 00:21:52,551 OK, I'm sitting, Kirk. 352 00:22:06,068 --> 00:22:07,931 Kirk, what are you doing? 353 00:22:08,034 --> 00:22:09,896 I'm kidnapping you. 354 00:22:12,482 --> 00:22:15,068 OK, this was a good joke. 355 00:22:15,172 --> 00:22:15,965 Now can we go? 356 00:22:17,896 --> 00:22:19,034 I'll be right back. 357 00:22:19,137 --> 00:22:19,862 Just stay there, Jessica. 358 00:22:28,793 --> 00:22:29,655 No. 359 00:22:37,137 --> 00:22:39,931 No, Kirk-- Kirk, what are you doing? 360 00:22:40,034 --> 00:22:41,517 Kirk, I'm your friend. 361 00:22:41,620 --> 00:22:42,620 Just talk to me, OK. 362 00:22:42,724 --> 00:22:43,413 What is wrong? 363 00:22:43,517 --> 00:22:44,206 What is wrong? 364 00:22:47,965 --> 00:22:50,000 Just talk to me, OK. 365 00:22:50,103 --> 00:22:54,413 You can tell me what is wrong. 366 00:22:54,517 --> 00:22:56,103 Just tell me what's wrong. 367 00:22:58,379 --> 00:22:59,068 OK. 368 00:23:01,724 --> 00:23:03,275 I won't tell. 369 00:23:03,379 --> 00:23:04,034 OK. 370 00:23:06,137 --> 00:23:06,827 OK. 371 00:23:09,896 --> 00:23:10,620 Stay still. 372 00:23:10,724 --> 00:23:11,965 No! No, Kirk! 373 00:23:12,068 --> 00:23:13,068 Stop moving. 374 00:23:13,172 --> 00:23:14,517 No, Kirk, wait, wait, wait, please, wait! 375 00:23:14,620 --> 00:23:17,103 Kirk, Kirk, I'll do whatever you want. 376 00:23:17,206 --> 00:23:19,482 OK, I promise. 377 00:23:19,586 --> 00:23:21,034 I'll do whatever you want. 378 00:23:21,137 --> 00:23:21,827 OK. 379 00:23:22,793 --> 00:23:23,724 OK? 380 00:23:23,827 --> 00:23:26,448 We-- we can do whatever you want, OK? 381 00:23:27,689 --> 00:23:28,379 OK? 382 00:23:28,482 --> 00:23:29,275 Whatever I want? 383 00:23:30,758 --> 00:23:32,482 Yes. 384 00:23:32,586 --> 00:23:33,862 Yes. 385 00:23:33,965 --> 00:23:35,689 Whatever you want. 386 00:23:35,793 --> 00:23:38,137 OK, but we have to go get Victoria first. 387 00:23:39,689 --> 00:23:41,034 OK. 388 00:23:41,137 --> 00:23:42,931 Please, Kirk. 389 00:23:43,034 --> 00:23:43,724 Please, Kirk. 390 00:23:43,827 --> 00:23:44,551 She needs me. 391 00:23:44,655 --> 00:23:46,689 You know how she needs me. 392 00:23:46,793 --> 00:23:48,034 OK, I think you can help me. 393 00:23:48,137 --> 00:23:48,827 We can be together. 394 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:51,206 OK, whatever you want. 395 00:23:52,793 --> 00:23:53,931 You can help me. 396 00:23:54,034 --> 00:23:54,724 OK. 397 00:24:08,758 --> 00:24:16,586 Kirk-- 398 00:24:21,206 --> 00:24:24,586 This is a time where I asked God, God, what do I do. 399 00:24:24,689 --> 00:24:25,724 What do you want me to do? 400 00:24:27,517 --> 00:24:30,655 And this is the part where it's just-- 401 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:38,931 I felt whether it was God's hand, an angel, I don't know, 402 00:24:39,034 --> 00:24:43,827 but I felt a hand just touch my right shoulder. 403 00:24:43,931 --> 00:24:46,965 And so I knew now what I had to do. 404 00:24:47,068 --> 00:24:51,241 And so I pretended like I was going to comply, 405 00:24:51,344 --> 00:24:53,310 that I wasn't going to fight. 406 00:24:53,413 --> 00:24:55,896 But in reality, that was not the case. 407 00:24:58,448 --> 00:25:00,965 I was just looking for an opportunity 408 00:25:01,068 --> 00:25:03,068 to get out of that farmhouse. 409 00:25:06,620 --> 00:25:08,448 Because if I yelled, it was useless. 410 00:25:12,793 --> 00:25:14,241 It was no one there. 411 00:25:38,724 --> 00:25:43,413 Kirk tied me around the wrists, and we left back 412 00:25:43,517 --> 00:25:45,482 out of the house into the car. 413 00:25:49,137 --> 00:25:50,448 Get in. 414 00:25:50,551 --> 00:25:51,827 No, Kirk. What are you doing? 415 00:25:51,931 --> 00:25:53,206 - Get in the trunk. - No, Kirk-- 416 00:25:53,310 --> 00:25:54,206 Get in the truck now. 417 00:25:54,310 --> 00:25:56,068 I promise I won't cause any trouble. 418 00:25:56,172 --> 00:25:57,413 Kirk, Kirk. 419 00:25:59,965 --> 00:26:02,724 My toolbag was kind of hidden in the back, 420 00:26:02,827 --> 00:26:05,827 and I thought, OK, if I have access to this tool bag, 421 00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:09,206 I could undo the back of the backlights 422 00:26:09,310 --> 00:26:12,448 and stick my hand out, and obviously someone's 423 00:26:12,551 --> 00:26:14,586 going to say something. 424 00:26:14,689 --> 00:26:17,931 And then the last thing he takes out is that toolbag. 425 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,689 And-- and I was-- 426 00:26:21,793 --> 00:26:26,000 and I was like, God, like, what do I do, you know. 427 00:26:55,103 --> 00:26:57,586 JOHN KOONTZ: I don't remember there being any homes 428 00:26:57,689 --> 00:26:59,000 right there at all. 429 00:26:59,103 --> 00:27:02,137 It actually looked like they had a fair amount of land. 430 00:27:02,241 --> 00:27:04,482 It was out in the county outside of Early, Iowa, 431 00:27:04,586 --> 00:27:05,862 which is a very rural area. 432 00:27:08,965 --> 00:27:10,275 Kirk knew there was nobody else around. 433 00:27:11,793 --> 00:27:13,586 He knew there was nobody that was going to walk in on him. 434 00:27:15,965 --> 00:27:20,758 He told Jessica that his plan was to tie her up and put her 435 00:27:20,862 --> 00:27:23,827 in the back of his trunk and that she went along with him 436 00:27:23,931 --> 00:27:24,931 that she wouldn't get hurt. 437 00:27:29,655 --> 00:27:32,275 JESSICA FRANK: I remembered that while I was in the trunk-- 438 00:27:36,379 --> 00:27:37,068 I felt helpless. 439 00:27:38,724 --> 00:27:39,965 I felt so alone. 440 00:27:44,275 --> 00:27:45,965 And I was like, God, are you there. 441 00:27:46,068 --> 00:27:46,758 Help me. 442 00:27:50,793 --> 00:27:54,103 If you're real, this is a time to prove it. 443 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:55,000 I need you. 444 00:27:55,103 --> 00:27:56,448 I need you to help me. 445 00:27:56,551 --> 00:27:58,068 I need you to guide me. 446 00:27:58,172 --> 00:28:00,172 Help me get out of this situation. 447 00:28:01,862 --> 00:28:04,310 And that's when I realized what I had to do. 448 00:28:04,413 --> 00:28:05,103 Kirk! 449 00:28:06,482 --> 00:28:09,103 Kirk, please, I can't breathe. 450 00:28:09,206 --> 00:28:10,068 Kirk! 451 00:28:10,172 --> 00:28:12,034 Kirk, please. 452 00:28:12,137 --> 00:28:17,931 I was banging on the car, and I was just telling him 453 00:28:18,034 --> 00:28:19,000 I'm claustrophobic. 454 00:28:19,103 --> 00:28:20,000 Get me out of here. 455 00:28:20,103 --> 00:28:22,482 You know, I was making it seem like-- 456 00:28:22,586 --> 00:28:25,000 like-- like I was dying. 457 00:28:26,413 --> 00:28:27,793 Kirk, I can't breathe. 458 00:28:31,068 --> 00:28:31,758 Kirk. 459 00:28:36,896 --> 00:28:39,103 He opens the trunk, and he's like what. 460 00:28:39,206 --> 00:28:40,724 And I'm like I can't be in here. 461 00:28:40,827 --> 00:28:43,655 Please, I told him I will behave. 462 00:28:43,758 --> 00:28:45,655 I just really want to go get Victoria. 463 00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:49,724 I'm like this is your plan, and I want to make it-- 464 00:28:51,827 --> 00:28:54,379 I want it just as bad as you do. 465 00:28:54,482 --> 00:28:57,586 And so he puts me in the front seat. 466 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,206 My toolbag was within reaching distance 467 00:29:02,310 --> 00:29:06,206 where the hammer was just-- just happened to stick out. 468 00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:11,172 And so all I had to do was just reach and hit him. 469 00:29:15,586 --> 00:29:19,931 I was concerned about killing him, and I didn't want-- 470 00:29:20,034 --> 00:29:22,896 if he died, I didn't want that blood in my hands. 471 00:29:26,862 --> 00:29:31,241 I can see the stop sign coming up, and I can see Highway 20. 472 00:29:33,724 --> 00:29:36,758 I was like, OK, at the stop sign, 473 00:29:36,862 --> 00:29:39,068 this is where I'm going to do it. 474 00:29:39,172 --> 00:29:41,413 And so I'm just mentally preparing myself 475 00:29:41,517 --> 00:29:43,206 that I have to do this. 476 00:29:43,310 --> 00:29:46,620 Whatever happens, we'll cross that bridge once it gets there. 477 00:29:46,724 --> 00:29:48,620 But before I could do it-- 478 00:29:48,724 --> 00:29:49,965 [crashing] 479 00:29:50,068 --> 00:29:52,103 TIM SPEERS: Right when they got up to that stop sign, 480 00:29:52,206 --> 00:29:54,620 it was slick, and he ended up going in the ditch. 481 00:29:56,137 --> 00:29:59,034 JESSICA FRANK: And then the car is not 482 00:29:59,137 --> 00:30:01,655 going anywhere at this time. 483 00:30:01,758 --> 00:30:03,379 I'm just like what now. 484 00:30:15,655 --> 00:30:16,517 Dammit. 485 00:30:20,103 --> 00:30:22,172 The way the car was positioned, 486 00:30:22,275 --> 00:30:23,793 it was a harder reach to get the hammer, 487 00:30:23,896 --> 00:30:28,137 so I needed the car to be level again 488 00:30:28,241 --> 00:30:29,931 so I could reach the hammer. 489 00:30:30,034 --> 00:30:34,310 And then I didn't see a vehicle approaching. 490 00:30:34,413 --> 00:30:36,241 He saw it. 491 00:30:36,344 --> 00:30:39,965 And-- and he's like there's a car coming. 492 00:30:48,448 --> 00:30:49,689 Stay here. 493 00:30:52,206 --> 00:30:53,000 And shut up. 494 00:30:58,896 --> 00:31:01,172 I know where Victoria is. 495 00:31:01,275 --> 00:31:04,482 Kirk, Kirk, untie me. 496 00:31:04,586 --> 00:31:07,310 OK, untie me so they think we're a couple 497 00:31:07,413 --> 00:31:08,758 because otherwise they're going to know 498 00:31:08,862 --> 00:31:09,896 that something is wrong. 499 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:10,965 OK. 500 00:31:11,068 --> 00:31:12,344 OK, just-- 501 00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:17,379 WOMAN: Is everybody all right down there? 502 00:31:21,034 --> 00:31:26,034 I could see the red truck, just the top of it. 503 00:31:26,137 --> 00:31:31,172 I could see that somebody was there waiting and just kind 504 00:31:31,275 --> 00:31:32,448 of looking around. 505 00:31:32,551 --> 00:31:34,103 But he's like, no, they haven't seen you. 506 00:31:35,448 --> 00:31:36,310 Just lay low. 507 00:31:38,724 --> 00:31:40,034 Kirk. 508 00:31:40,137 --> 00:31:42,000 KIRK: Hey, thank you. 509 00:31:42,103 --> 00:31:43,137 No, we're fine. We're fine. 510 00:31:43,241 --> 00:31:44,517 We got it. 511 00:31:44,620 --> 00:31:47,586 He had on time we just enough where I could do it myself, 512 00:31:47,689 --> 00:31:49,482 so I started on tying my hands. 513 00:32:04,620 --> 00:32:07,448 I open the door, and I ran to the truck. 514 00:32:12,344 --> 00:32:13,758 It was a male and a female. 515 00:32:16,379 --> 00:32:19,413 I looked at her, and I was like help me, help me. 516 00:32:19,517 --> 00:32:20,586 He's kidnapped me. 517 00:32:22,413 --> 00:32:26,206 And she just looked at me like she was trying 518 00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:29,482 to process what I was saying. 519 00:32:29,586 --> 00:32:33,551 They got me into the truck, and Kirk ran. 520 00:32:43,103 --> 00:32:48,965 Honestly, at this time, I wasn't really there. 521 00:32:50,275 --> 00:32:51,482 Pretty much breaking down. 522 00:32:59,448 --> 00:33:03,137 I'm shaking uncontrollably, and they asked 523 00:33:03,241 --> 00:33:05,310 if there was anybody to call. 524 00:33:05,413 --> 00:33:07,793 I was trying to talk, but I couldn't. 525 00:33:07,896 --> 00:33:13,793 And so I was just like pointing to the numbers 526 00:33:13,896 --> 00:33:15,482 as she dialed them. 527 00:33:15,586 --> 00:33:18,206 And so Tim answers, and it's just 528 00:33:18,310 --> 00:33:20,137 a relief to hear his voice. 529 00:33:20,241 --> 00:33:21,310 And I'm like, Tim-- 530 00:33:23,103 --> 00:33:24,758 and I'm like I've been kidnapped. 531 00:33:28,275 --> 00:33:34,275 They took me to his house which was close by, 532 00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:36,758 and that's where I was reunited with Tim. 533 00:33:40,586 --> 00:33:44,517 I knew that Tim was like my safe place. 534 00:33:44,620 --> 00:33:50,896 And so I knew that when he was there, I was officially OK. 535 00:33:55,000 --> 00:34:00,068 I was kind of disappointed maybe in myself 536 00:34:00,172 --> 00:34:02,034 a little bit because I always promised Jessica 537 00:34:02,137 --> 00:34:03,448 nobody's going to hurt you. 538 00:34:03,551 --> 00:34:05,482 I'll make sure nobody hurts you again. 539 00:34:05,586 --> 00:34:09,620 And it's like when she said that she'd been kidnapped 540 00:34:09,724 --> 00:34:12,310 and tied up, I mean, I was mad. 541 00:34:12,413 --> 00:34:13,862 I was, you know-- 542 00:34:13,965 --> 00:34:15,827 so I was kind of beside myself a little bit. 543 00:34:17,896 --> 00:34:21,068 JESSICA FRANK: I wanted to find Kirk 544 00:34:21,172 --> 00:34:22,862 because otherwise I wouldn't feel safe 545 00:34:22,965 --> 00:34:25,241 if he was out in the loose. 546 00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:28,793 I knew that if he wasn't caught quickly that he would find 547 00:34:28,896 --> 00:34:33,793 Victoria and I, and whatever his plan was, 548 00:34:33,896 --> 00:34:35,206 I knew he would fulfill it. 549 00:34:56,344 --> 00:35:00,344 JOHN KOONTZ: Jessica was able to tell us this is what happened. 550 00:35:00,448 --> 00:35:02,000 This is who it was. 551 00:35:02,103 --> 00:35:04,827 So our immediate priority after making 552 00:35:04,931 --> 00:35:07,862 sure that Jessica was safe, you know, was finding Kirk. 553 00:35:07,965 --> 00:35:09,482 At this point, we didn't really know 554 00:35:09,586 --> 00:35:11,931 is this an individual that, you know, 555 00:35:12,034 --> 00:35:14,413 he's going to carjack somebody. 556 00:35:14,517 --> 00:35:15,862 Is he armed? 557 00:35:15,965 --> 00:35:17,965 Is this somebody that because he's on the run 558 00:35:18,068 --> 00:35:19,172 and because it's cold out there he's 559 00:35:19,275 --> 00:35:21,137 going to break into somebody's house 560 00:35:21,241 --> 00:35:24,551 where, you know, you know, mom or daughter 561 00:35:24,655 --> 00:35:27,310 may or may not be home alone? 562 00:35:27,413 --> 00:35:30,068 [dispatcher radio] 563 00:35:32,551 --> 00:35:35,137 I think I heard it through the squad car 564 00:35:35,241 --> 00:35:38,241 that they had a dog out tracking-- 565 00:35:38,344 --> 00:35:41,241 tracking him, and there were footprints that they 566 00:35:41,344 --> 00:35:42,758 were-- that they had found. 567 00:35:46,379 --> 00:35:48,241 Searched for him for a relatively 568 00:35:48,344 --> 00:35:51,034 short time that I remember. 569 00:35:51,137 --> 00:35:53,620 And he was located by the Sac County sheriff's office. 570 00:36:03,413 --> 00:36:04,724 Storm Lake PD. 571 00:36:04,827 --> 00:36:05,724 Come out with your hands up. 572 00:36:08,931 --> 00:36:09,620 You Kirk Levin? 573 00:36:13,827 --> 00:36:15,655 Yep. 574 00:36:15,758 --> 00:36:17,000 I am. 575 00:36:17,103 --> 00:36:20,000 JESSICA FRANK: They found him in a shed wet and cold, 576 00:36:20,103 --> 00:36:21,655 and he basically gave himself up. 577 00:36:25,275 --> 00:36:28,379 JOHN KOONTZ: The interview with Kirk, it was odd. 578 00:36:28,482 --> 00:36:31,448 He was very, you know, very emotionless. 579 00:36:31,551 --> 00:36:32,862 It was just kind of, you know, like you 580 00:36:32,965 --> 00:36:35,620 were talking to him about a baseball game or something. 581 00:36:35,724 --> 00:36:38,620 He initially tried to say pretty much 582 00:36:38,724 --> 00:36:40,172 that he just he blacked out. 583 00:36:40,275 --> 00:36:41,448 He had no idea what happened. 584 00:36:41,551 --> 00:36:44,000 As we interviewed him further, he did admit, you know, 585 00:36:44,103 --> 00:36:47,000 that he had abducted Jessica, had tied her up, and all that 586 00:36:47,103 --> 00:36:48,862 and pretty much admitted that his intention 587 00:36:48,965 --> 00:36:51,068 was to sexually assault her. 588 00:36:51,172 --> 00:36:53,275 But there was no remorse. 589 00:36:53,379 --> 00:36:55,724 He wasn't, you know, scared or worried about going to prison. 590 00:36:55,827 --> 00:36:57,000 Didn't feel bad for what happened 591 00:36:57,103 --> 00:36:57,965 at least that I could see. 592 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:02,000 When he got released from prison, 593 00:37:02,103 --> 00:37:05,931 Kirk was living with his mother on Ira Avenue in Early. 594 00:37:06,034 --> 00:37:09,931 We tried to get a hold of her, tried to call her on the phone. 595 00:37:10,034 --> 00:37:11,137 Couldn't get her. 596 00:37:11,241 --> 00:37:13,758 So several of the officers, myself, Todd Erskin, 597 00:37:13,862 --> 00:37:16,655 and then some deputies with the sheriff's office, 598 00:37:16,758 --> 00:37:19,137 decided we were going to go to the home 599 00:37:19,241 --> 00:37:21,068 because I knew that there was going to be physical evidence 600 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:23,137 there of the abduction, but we're 601 00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:25,551 also concerned about the well-being of Kirk's mother. 602 00:37:27,586 --> 00:37:29,620 We knocked on the door. 603 00:37:29,724 --> 00:37:31,068 We're unable to get an answer. 604 00:37:31,172 --> 00:37:32,862 We knew we had the evidence that we needed 605 00:37:32,965 --> 00:37:34,827 to get a search warrant, so we decided 606 00:37:34,931 --> 00:37:36,034 to make entry into the home. 607 00:37:37,482 --> 00:37:39,413 As we're checking the house, we found 608 00:37:39,517 --> 00:37:43,793 a doorway that had been blocked by a recliner, 609 00:37:43,896 --> 00:37:46,034 which was kind of odd. 610 00:37:46,137 --> 00:37:49,655 I removed the recliner and found out that this doorway led to-- 611 00:37:49,758 --> 00:37:52,000 it open up to the stairway that went to the second floor. 612 00:37:53,517 --> 00:37:54,620 We all went upstairs. 613 00:37:57,586 --> 00:37:59,551 There was one bedroom that had-- 614 00:37:59,655 --> 00:38:03,206 it was a door panel like that had been removed from the jam, 615 00:38:03,310 --> 00:38:06,172 and it was just set across the doorway or it 616 00:38:06,275 --> 00:38:07,379 kind of blocking the doorway. 617 00:38:12,586 --> 00:38:16,482 They went into the room, and then we saw Kirk's mother. 618 00:38:16,586 --> 00:38:17,551 She was obviously deceased. 619 00:38:22,517 --> 00:38:23,689 It was a very bloody scene. 620 00:38:23,793 --> 00:38:26,551 She had some trauma to her head. 621 00:38:26,655 --> 00:38:30,172 There was actually a belt tightened around her neck, 622 00:38:30,275 --> 00:38:34,551 and on her at least one arm and one leg if not more, 623 00:38:34,655 --> 00:38:37,137 she had very deep lacerations. 624 00:38:37,241 --> 00:38:43,413 The amount of violence that was inflicted on Kirk's mother, you 625 00:38:43,517 --> 00:38:46,724 know, that's something that I've never seen before and I hope I 626 00:38:46,827 --> 00:38:48,793 don't ever see again. 627 00:38:55,034 --> 00:38:59,482 Kirk admitted pretty much that he didn't remember 628 00:38:59,586 --> 00:39:01,241 what happened, but he must have done 629 00:39:01,344 --> 00:39:03,275 it but never flat out came out and said, 630 00:39:03,379 --> 00:39:04,620 yes, he had killed his mom. 631 00:39:06,689 --> 00:39:09,344 We asked if there had been, you know, any type of, you know, 632 00:39:09,448 --> 00:39:12,413 argument or altercation, which he all denied. 633 00:39:14,413 --> 00:39:16,000 So we never did find out, you know, 634 00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:18,344 exactly what transpired that led to her dying. 635 00:39:21,310 --> 00:39:25,896 He had murdered his mom prior to coming to get me. 636 00:39:28,827 --> 00:39:31,551 And then I learned that the reason the letters stopped 637 00:39:31,655 --> 00:39:34,206 was because while he was in prison, 638 00:39:34,310 --> 00:39:46,793 they found these sketches that he had and how he had 639 00:39:46,896 --> 00:39:51,310 Basically a woman and he was raping this woman 640 00:39:51,413 --> 00:39:54,896 and having children with this woman in a soundproof room. 641 00:39:56,482 --> 00:39:59,724 And then he was raping those children. 642 00:39:59,827 --> 00:40:02,034 And so then that's why-- 643 00:40:02,137 --> 00:40:05,689 that's when I knew why he wanted Victoria and me. 644 00:40:07,068 --> 00:40:11,551 When I found these details, it reframed everything 645 00:40:11,655 --> 00:40:17,275 in how God was protecting me the whole time even to the fact, 646 00:40:17,379 --> 00:40:21,620 even before it even started, by my sister 647 00:40:21,724 --> 00:40:23,793 just sleeping over that night. 648 00:40:23,896 --> 00:40:28,448 If my sister wasn't there that night, 649 00:40:28,551 --> 00:40:31,206 I would have taken Victoria with me that day, 650 00:40:31,310 --> 00:40:33,413 and I wouldn't be here today. 651 00:40:57,344 --> 00:40:59,448 Even though I was kidnapped in January, 652 00:40:59,551 --> 00:41:02,827 I was still able to graduate on time 653 00:41:02,931 --> 00:41:04,965 and complete that circle of helping 654 00:41:05,068 --> 00:41:06,275 kids in the foster care system. 655 00:41:09,310 --> 00:41:11,758 TIM SPEERS: I don't usually cry, but I had to shed a tear 656 00:41:11,862 --> 00:41:15,931 that day when she graduated. 657 00:41:16,034 --> 00:41:17,689 We were extremely proud of her. 658 00:41:17,793 --> 00:41:21,241 I mean, for her to accomplish graduating college 659 00:41:21,344 --> 00:41:22,862 for everything that she'd been through, 660 00:41:22,965 --> 00:41:24,172 I mean, it was just phenomenal. 661 00:41:27,206 --> 00:41:32,689 JESSICA FRANK: Aaron and I got married April 25, 2015. 662 00:41:32,793 --> 00:41:34,724 He's the only man I could be married to. 663 00:41:38,965 --> 00:41:46,724 He puts up with me, and Aaron deals a lot with-- 664 00:41:52,551 --> 00:41:55,724 With what happened to me as a child. 665 00:41:55,827 --> 00:41:56,517 He listens. 666 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,344 And he's very patient with me. 667 00:42:04,896 --> 00:42:09,068 And I know that God made him just from me. 668 00:42:13,448 --> 00:42:21,172 We have our two girls, and I am very thankful for just-- 669 00:42:21,275 --> 00:42:23,793 I know it sounds silly but just being 670 00:42:23,896 --> 00:42:29,482 able to watch my daughters grow and just love my family. 671 00:42:31,068 --> 00:42:34,103 It's a big blessing that a lot of people take for granted, 672 00:42:34,206 --> 00:42:36,482 and I'm just very blessed.